[HPforGrownups] Re: Who is Riddle to Harry?

[Jonathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 45624

In response to Pip's email address my mind suddenly short-circuited through
it's sleepy daze, and an idea popped into my head while reading through the
reply, my original reply, and page 174 of CoS. What if Harry has never,
ever, met someone with the last name of Riddle, what if it has, for a fact,
never been mentioned to him by his parents? I don't think many people,
besides Dumbledore, would know Voldemort's original name.

What if, Harry remembered it because the memory was placed inside of him?
This is, of course, just speculation, but bear with me. I'm sure that it has
been discussed before on the list, the topic of Harry's parlesmouth, and the
discussion on how he got it. I'm sure that someone would have brought up the
possibliity that Harry sucked up the power from Voldemort after he was hit
with the curse, perhaps he locked on to the first source of power that he
could find and sucked from it what he needed to survive? I don't know how,
or why, or if it even happened.

So, what if the 'power sucking' did occur, and that, instead of just powers,
he also sucked up several of the memories? We know that Harry has a somewhat
'telepathic' connection to Voldemort whenever the said Dark Lord is enraged,
maybe the link brought memories from Voldemort's mind and put them in his
own. This might also explain *why* the name in the diary seemed so familiar.
The scene in discussion is on page 174, and is the first paragraph after the
little devider (* thing).

"Harry couldn't explain, even to himself, why he didn't just throw Riddle's
Diary away. The fact was that even though he knew the diary was blank, he
kept absent-mindedly picking it up and turning the pages, as though it was a
story he wanted to finish. And while Harry was sure he had never head the
name T. M. Riddle before, it still seemed to mean something to him, almost
as though Riddle was a friend he'd had when he was very small, and
half-forgotten. But this was absurd. He'd never had friends before Hogwarts,
Dudley had made sure of that."

So... my 400 or so words on the matter. Does anyone have anything else on
the subject? My curiosity is aroused. :-)

-Jonathan